PS. I havn't done a "NOT" joke in about 15 years. That felt... kinda... weird.

Maybe try editing comics some time, it might make for a similarly-novel experience.

Getting Roberts on this book is like putting a plaster on someone who's just been decapitated. Junk the shite, and give him the same ludicrous freedom Furman had a few years ago, because he won't abuse it. Until reform's put in place, this comes off as a fan-pleasing exercise.

Seriously though, what happens if the reaction is much better from all corners to these two issues? Do IDW just go back to Costa afterwards and pretend nothings happened? (we know they'll do that with continuity aspect anyway boom boom!)

I would dearly love to ANY reason to pick up a Transformers comic again. Although I wasn't a massive fan of Dreamwave's output, there was some semblance of development and drive (and also enjoyment of what they were doing - I've not really felt that from IDW, where its just the latest in a looong line of licensed titles) that IDWs output has seriously lacked. Costa has proven himself an able character writer, great at short sharp character stories (his Spotlight issues have generally been good) but struggles with an ongoing narrative. Along with IDWs poor editiorial decisions and the childish, cheap 'will-this-do?' antics of Titan over here have made Transformers comics a real turn off to me, which makes me sad. Rare gems like LSOTW make me doubly sad that turns like that are the exception, rather than the rule.